Digital’s Impact on Archives

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is at a point where soon they will be taking in more digital records than traditional formats. Federal Times brought this information to us in their article, “The future of preserving the past.” This comes with challenges in preserving digital records, especially those with ever-changing formats. Digital preservation is fairly new,…

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Making Content Findable

Improving patient outcomes, minimizing medical errors and reducing costs are worthy goals. The key to accomplishing all of these is data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Improving Clinical Insights with Machine Learning.” Data is the catalyst for eliminating unwarranted clinical variation and is essential to care models based on value. However, the…

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Going back to school?

WebSearch University 2016 provides a unique opportunity to connect with some of the best-known power searchers – the people who specialize in tracking the ongoing developments in web search engines, resource platforms, and research strategies This intensive learning opportunity will sharpen your search skills, introduce you to new navigation tools, and improve your value to your…

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Keeping the Eye on the Prize

It is pretty simple. Companies think information management is about automating knowledge worker processes, predictive analytics or big data, but they are wrong. CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “Stop Complicating Information Management.” It comes down to helping users find their data and removing anything that makes that process difficult. Even though this…

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Black and White

After testing a new color for its search result links, Google has settled on black. This interesting information came to us from Mashable in their article, “Why Internet links are blue, and what Google’s ‘black’ experiment means.” The search guru is experimenting with black links in search results in lieu of the more traditional blue and…

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Big Picture Management

What is information lifecycle management? It is the practice of applying certain policies to effective information management. This includes every phase of a record from its beginning to its end. And while it is generally applied to information that fits the classic definition of a record, it applies to any and all informational assets. This interesting topic came to us…

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Indexing History One Record at a Time

Genealogy projects have long been a great example of proper indexing against a solid database that produces great findability. One such project that was recently brought to our attention came from the Kansas African American Museum. The Wichita Eagle brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Genealogy researcher helping African-American families fill in the blanks.”…

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